Well in this case I’m defining proactive as “giving the people what they want before they know they want it” versus reactive which is “giving the people what they want before they vote us out of office”.
So proactive in the “re-election” sense, but reactive in the political strategy sense.
Taking pulse and staying on top of things is generally the very definition of proactive, so it’s confusing to say they are very reactive in the next sentence. The PAP despite all of their other flaws seems to be great at planning, at least they wouldn’t deserve the “very” modifier if they are being called out as reactive.
So proactive in the “re-election” sense, but reactive in the political strategy sense.